<html><head><title>[Aspaqlaria] Book Announcement: Every Day, Holy Day</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="http://www.aishdas.org/asp/wp-content/themes/mandigo.20100630/style.css" type="text/css" media="screen" /></head><body>Aspaqlaria has posted a new item, '<a href="http://www.aishdas.org/asp/2010/07/book-edhd.shtml">Book Announcement: Every Day, Holy Day</a>'<br />
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<td style="text-align: justify;" valign="center"><strong>Now available. Alan’s newest book!</strong><br />
(assisted by Rabbi Micha Berger)</p>
<p>“You shall be holy,” teaches the Torah, and the masters of Mussar have always taken that command very seriously. Mussar is a system of introspective practices that help you identify and break through the obstacles to your inherent holiness, using methods that integrate easily into daily life.<a href="http://www.shambhala.com/html/catalog/items/isbn/978-1-59030-810-3.cfm" target="_blank"><em><strong> </strong></em></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.shambhala.com/html/catalog/items/isbn/978-1-59030-810-3.cfm" target="_blank"><em><strong>Every Day, Holy Day</strong></em></a> is a year long program of Mussar practice that focuses on a system of traits (<em>middot</em>)–such as strength, generosity, watchfulness, loving-kindness, and awe–each of which is worked with for a week at a time in order to develop and refine the quality in yourself. It’s remarkably simple and effective.</p>
<p>Click the book image to order your copy of <a href="http://www.shambhala.com/html/catalog/items/isbn/978-1-59030-810-3.cfm" target="_blank"><em><strong>Every Day, Holy Day</strong></em></a>, or to send someone a gift that will change their life.</td>
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<div style="text-align: justify;">The myriad events and interactions that make up our everyday life provide a rich opportunity for us to examine our impulses and actions and grow spiritually, according to the Jewish practice of <em>Mussar</em>. <em>Mussar </em>is an eminently wise, practical, and effective way to cultivate awareness, gratitude, personal growth, and ethical action on a daily basis. The path has its origins in Orthodox Judaism but it has become popular with Jews of all affiliations who are interested in a practice that can infuse daily life with more purpose and meaning.</div>
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<p>This daybook will be an essential companion to anyone who wants to experience this life-changing contemplative practice. Using a “soul trait” such as honesty, courage, enthusiasm, honor, and equanimity as a starting point, each practice page includes:</p>
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<li>a teaching that illuminates the trait of the day</li>
<li> an affirmation phrase focused on that trait</li>
<li> a practical exercise to expand our experience of the trait</li>
<li> a space for journaling about experiences with the trait</li>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><em>Brought to you by <a href="http://mussarinstitute.org/" target="_blank">The Mussar Institute</a></em></div>
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